Reddit experienced a global outage this evening, affecting users worldwide, including those in the US and UK. The website and app faced issues as reported by users on DownDetector, with a significant increase in problem reports earlier in the evening.
Social media users expressed frustration over the outage, with one individual on X commenting, “#Reddit is down again!” Reddit acknowledged an issue on January 18 related to errors in creating and viewing posts with images or videos. The company later resolved the problem after implementing a fix.
The day before, Reddit users encountered increased error rates when posting images or signing up for accounts, which was also promptly addressed. Reports on DownDetector indicated over 1,000 users faced problems with the app since 9:27 pm on the same evening.
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